Though financial concerns brought on by the pandemic remain, plans for the Broomfield Town Square, a place developers and city leaders imagine being the heart of Broomfield, are moving forward.

The future area of the town square, between Main Street and Spader Way, North of W. 120th Ave., is about 43 acres. Visions of the plan imagine it as a community gathering place within a pedestrian-oriented setting. It will be a town plaza with public amenities framed by mixed-use buildings, including restaurants, entertainment and civic uses.

The current plan includes 483 residential units, with opportunities for affordable and “age-targeted” housing for seniors, and more than 81,000 square feet of commercial development, including 32,641 square feet within a new central plaza north of E. 1st Ave. and 49,163 square feet within the re-imagined Market Hall, currently the former Safeway building. At least 20% of all residential units will be offered at 60% average median income.

A focal point of the project is enlarging the water feature by the Broomfield Amphitheater to a 4.5-acre lake that will wrap around the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library and Broomfield Auditorium to the north and west.

So far Broomfield has committed $400,000 for civil engineering and design services that ultimately will provide a better overall estimate of how much the proposed Civic Center project will cost.

Preliminary cost estimates suggest the project could cost in the vicinity of $180 million to $200 million, without land costs, according to a memo prepared by the City and County Manager’s Office and Community Development. Cost estimates will be redefined as the project progresses.

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